All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual.

I still want to play in it, maybe when I absolutely think I have no chance of playing in it my view might change but I doubt it because it just doesn't interest me.

Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing . . . There are no hills to go down unless you start from the top.

My job is to stop Britain from going red.

The Government wants a peaceful settlement. But we totally reject a peaceful sell-out.

It will be years - not in my time - before a woman will become Prime Minister

What really gets me is this - it's very ironic that those who are most critical of extra tax are those who are most vociferous in demanding extra expenditure. What gets me even more is that having demanded that extra expenditure they are not prepared to face the consequences of their own action and stand by the necessity to get the tax to pay for it. I wish some of them had a bit more guts and courage than they have.